André de Jong Choreographer His choreographer’s credits include Verdi's Les Vêpres siciliennes at the Royal Opera House London, "Yevgeny Onegin" at the Dutch Opera (Holland Festival) and "The Merry Widow" for International Opera Productions. He also did the choreography for RENT, City of Angels, Tick, tick, boom, The Secret Garden & The Ghost Train for Fontys Music, World Press Photo gala in 1997 and two television specials of Herman's Hermits and 'Fame' & 'The Lion King 'at New Art School. Andre studied at the Rotterdam Dance Academy and the Mountview Academy in London, the directors training in Rotterdam, and the yoga teacher training in Tilburg. He attended several workshops and projects in New York, Lausanne, Seville, Montreal and London. He was a long standing dancer at the International Dance Theatre, the Meekers, 'T MUZtheater,' T Dancing Heart "," Voortman / Young 'and Herman's Hermits. Besides this he appeared in several musicals, including Anatevka, Oliver, 42nd Street, Peter Pan, Saturday Night Fever, Musicals in Ahoy 2002, the Wizard of OZ, Sunday in the Park with George, Crazy for You, My Dad the Magician, The Wild Party, JOSEPH, once upon a mattress & Jekyll & Hyde. Andre teaches jazz dance, yoga and musical at Fontys Academy of Music, and directed numerous plays. 30
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